Ann Carlson Ms. Carlson's award winning work defies description and category
while expanding the context of choreography and performance. Ms.
Carlson is a choreographer, director, performer and conceptual artist.
Her work is a blend of dance, voice, sound, text and visual elements that
has been presented through-out the United States, Europe, Mexico and Russia.
Ann will use the residency space for a work in progress showing of Cake
in conjunction with the MIX Festival. The performance/installation,
addresses ideas about consumer capitalism and labor issues. (Performances
are likely to be evenings of April 7-9.)
Jeanine Durning Jeanine is a choreographer, performer and teacher of contemporary
dance based in New York City. Her evening of work half URGE, was
selected by The New York Times as one of the top ten dance events of the
year in 2003. Durning's choreography has been presented in NY at
Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, Central
Park SummerStage, among many other venues and as part of Jacob's Pillow
Festival's Inside/Out series.
Jeanine would use the space to prepare for her premiere at Dance Theater
Workshop in late September, early October, as well as an open rehearsal
or a lect/demo for the public.
Eliza Miller A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and a former student of
Viola Farber, Eliza Miller founded the Eliza Miller Dance Company in 2000,
where her work focuses on collaborations with contemporary composers.
Currently, she is collaborating with British composer Oscar Bettison on
a new project in partnership with the Dutch music ensemble Klang. The
new work will premiere at Danspace Project in spring 2006.
Eliza will use the space to prepare her next piece to premiere at Danspace
next spring. She is interested in having an open rehearsal at the end
of the residency period.
Jill Sigman Thinkdance was founded by Jill Sigman in 1998 to raise
questions through the medium of the body, combining an intensive training
in classical ballet and modern dance, work in academic philosophy, and
knowledge of the visual arts. Her writing on dance has been published
in the Journal of Philosophical Research and Midwest Studies
in Philosophy, and she has been a guest editor of the Movement
Research Performance Journal.
Jill will use the residency as an “incubator” space to work
on a multi-media performance project. Her idea has two parts: 1) a 4 month
residency for movement and media research, 2) a weekend of showings of
work-in-progress developed during the residency. (Jill will be this Season’s first SiteLines artist – performing
in 133 Beekman – dates likely to be last two weeks of May.)
Tom Pearson Tom Pearson is a dance and theater artist and Co-founder/director
of Third Rail Dance. The New Yorker has described his work as
“movement that shimmers with unusual psychic static.” He
is a published writer, has won numerous awards, and has just completed
a teaching and creative residency at Swarthmore College, where he presented
his latest collaborative work, Screaming Shrubbery.
Tom will be using the space for development and rehearsal of the SiteLines
project Redhanded (working title). As for a public component,
he has proposed a drum circle or pseudo-concert with Native American musicians
playing traditional instruments.
Donna Uchizono Donna Uchizono is known for work spiced with wit, rich invention,
and unexpected beauty. Her work with the Donna Uchizono Company
has been presented throughout the United States, Europe and South America,
and provides an array of residency activities including master classes
and lecture-demonstrations.
As Donna will premiere a new piece at Danspace Project in June, her
company is in the most intense need for rehearsal space. For the public
component in the space, she has proposed an open rehearsal/lecture demonstration,
discussing the process of making the new work.
